32 Ways To Earn Extra Income

Right now I’m working on building my emergency fund to a number that feels more comfortable me. I’m 28% to my goal currently and want to hit it in the beginning of 2015. I know to do so will take some diligent savings combined with finding extra income.

My Extra Income Weekend

This past weekend I decided to have a no-spend weekend in addition to earning some extra income. My friend had asked me if I wanted to watch her dog while she was out of town so I agreed. I love dogs and my own dog loves to have puppy visitors so it sounded like a great time.

Originally I thought I’d be dog sitting just as a favor for a friend, but she told me she’d pay me what she pays her sister. Since she pays family to watch her dog I felt fine accepting whatever she would pay. Ultimately it was a lot cheaper for her to pay me to do it than board her dog or pay a “professional” dog sitting service for the same thing, but it was all extra income for me.

For dog sitting I was paid $25 per day and then $15 to pick up and drop off the dog. That ended up being $90 of extra income for the weekend just for letting a dog come play with my dog!

Honestly, dog sitting is my favorite way to earn extra income and I plan to pursue more dog sitting opportunities as well as dog sitting my friend’s dog again. It’s easy, fun, and benefits my dog as well since she gets extra play time with doggy friends.

Extra Income Ideas

I definitely plan to dog sit again and also want to start doing other small things to earn extra income. There are tons of way to do this and the following list shows you a few ways to earn extra income. I definitely plan to do quite a few of these to get my emergency fund funded by the end of the year!

Find a part time job for your free time. You can do something like bartending or teaching fitness classes in the evenings with minimal additional education.

Use rewards programs at stores to rack up points and deals you can redeem.

Earn a higher interest on your savings account with a bank that offers a higher yield. The pennies add up!

Invest in dividend paying stocks or funds. You’ll earn money regularly and can reinvest for more!

Collect cans and bottles for recycling and cash them in.

Sell blood or plasma for cash.

Participate in paid focus group studies for various products.

Ask for a raise at your regular job. All they can do is say no, but if they say yes then you could get a good amount of extra income each month!

These are just a few of the ideas I’ve come across or used myself. In addition to all these extra income ideas you can do a lot of different things to generate more income. Everything will require some additional effort but in the end it’s worth it to earn the money and see your bank account grow!

Comments

$90 to dog sit? That’s pretty awesome! Especially if you don’t mind doing it at all.
I use amazon links… but they don’t really bring in a huge amount of money for me, unfortunately. Nothing to shake a stick at… but I couldn’t exactly buy groceries with those funds.

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